Ustaše

The Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Drzava Hrvatska) was formed on Thursday, April 10, 1941 led by Ustasa leader Dr Ante Pavelic. The Ustasa where in charge of the the Independent State of Croatia from 1941-1945, they came into power when Germany invaded Yugoslavia. When the Germans were defeated in World War II the Ustase went underground and continued to fight for Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center listing for Ustasa reads as follows:

"Created in 1930, Ustasa was a Croatian nationalist terrorist organization. Its members' hatred of the Jews was only rivaled by their hatred of the Serbs. Brought to power after Hitler created a Croatian puppet state in 1941, Ustasa terrorists killed 500,000 Serbs, expelled 250,000 and forced 250,000 to convert to Catholicism. They murdered thousands of Jews and Gypsies."

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